Table 1. Characteristics of the study participants.
| Total (N = 301) | Female (N = 149) | Male (N = 152) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N | % | N | % | N | % | ||
| Mean Age (SD) | 22.0 (9.7) | 21.6 (9.5) | 22.3 (9.9) | ||||
| Age (years) 12–17 | 146 | 48.5 | 74 | 49.7 | 72 | 47.4 | |
| 18–26 | 84 | 27.9 | 39 | 26.1 | 45 | 29.6 | |
| >26 | 71 | 23.6 | 36 | 24.2 | 35 | 230 | |
| Circumcised/excised‡ | 292 | 97.0 | 141 | 94.6 | 151 | 99.3 | |
| Ever attended school | 229 | 76.1 | 103 | 69.1 | 126 | 82.9 | |
| Married | 87 | 28.9 | 59 | 39.6 | 28 | 18.4 | |
| Adolescents (<18 years) | 6 | 4.1 | 6 | 8.1 | 0 | 0.0 | |
| Adults (≥18 years) | 81 | 52.3 | 53 | 70.7 | 28 | 35.0 | |
| Polygamous marriage* | 11 | 12.6 | 10 | 17.0 | 1 | 3.6 | |
| Average number of wives† (SD) | 2.0 (0.6) | 2.0 (0.7) | 2.0 (N/A) | ||||
| Have had sexual intercourse | 176 | 58.5 | 87 | 58.4 | 89 | 58.6 | |
| Mean age of sexual debut§ (SD) | 17.4 (4.4) | 16.5 (2.5) | 18.4 (5.4) | ||||
| Age of sexual debut§ (years) <15 | 30 | 17.0 | 17 | 19.5 | 13 | 14.6 | |
| 15–18 | 82 | 46.6 | 47 | 54.0 | 39 | 39.3 | |
| >18 | 64 | 36.4 | 23 | 26.4 | 41 | 46.1 | |
| Mean number of sexual partners§ (SD) | 3.0 (5.3) | 1.6 (1.2) | 4.3 (7.2) | ||||
| Mean number of sexual partners before marriage# (SD) | 4.0 (8.8) | 1.4 (0.8) | 7.8 (13.1) | ||||
| Forced to have sex§ | 26 | 14.7 | 15 | 17.2 | 11 | 12.4 | |
| Sex in exchange for money or gifts§ | 14 | 8.0 | 6 | 6.9 | 8 | 9.0 | |
| Know what contraception is | — | 87 | 58.4 | — | |||
| Use some form of contraception** | — | 37 | 42.5 | — | |||
| Condoms †† | — | 3 | 8.1 | — | |||
| Birth control pill †† | — | 15 | 40.5 | — | |||
| Birth control injection †† | — | 9 | 24.3 | — | |||
| Other †† | — | 11 | 29.7 | — | |||
Note: SD = standard deviation, N/A = Non-Applicable
‡ Excision refers to Type II female genital cutting, or the removal of the clitoris and inner labia.
* Among those who were married; N = 87 for total; N = 59 for female; N = 28 for male.
† Among those who were in a polygamous marriage; N = 11 for total; N = 10 for female; N = 1 for male.
§ Among those reporting having had sex; N = 176 for total; N = 87 for female; N = 89 for male.
# Among those who were married, reporting having had sex before marriage; N = 42 for total; N = 25 for female; N = 17 for male.
** Among those who knew what contraception is; N = 87.
†† Among those who use contraception; N = 37.